JUST FOR A THRILL
Mainstem Productions 2003
Val Wiseman with the Brian Dee Trio and special
guests Bruce Adams and Jim Mullen
Val Wiseman - vocals; Brian Dee - piano,
arrangements; Simon Thorpe - double bass; Ralph
Salmins - drums; Bruce Adams - trumpet,
flugelhorn; Jim Mullen - guitar
Recorded by Dick Hammett at Red Gables Studio,
London, December 2002 “Classy and moving performance – it’s a
lovely album.” Humphrey Lyttelton, Best Of Jazz, BBC Radio 2 “The best jazz vocal CD in ages.” Jim Simpson,
The Jazz Rag
“The Jazz idiom comes to her so naturally that
her simplest phrase swings.” Dave Gelly, The
Observer
SOPHISTICATED LADY
SOPHISTICATED LADY
Lake Records 2008
Val Wiseman with Martin Litton’s
Ellingtonians
Val Wiseman - vocals; Martin Litton - piano,
arrangements; Trevor Whiting - reeds; Julian
Ferraretto - violin; Murray Salmon - double
bass; Rod Brown - drums
Recorded by Paul Adams at the Theatre Royal,
Workington, UK, April 2008 The Duke Ellington Songbook
Val Wiseman with Martin Litton’s Ellingtonians “The whole programme is performed
with much class - recording quality excellent,
as expected from Lake Records -
a truly fine CD and a must for lovers of style.” John
Rickard, Just Jazz
KEEPING THE FLAME ALIVE
KEEPING THE FLAME ALIVE
Brontë Legacy 2009
Val Wiseman and Brian Dee
Val Wiseman - voice; Brian Dee - keyboards,
arrangements;
John Hamilton - keyboards, guitar, backing
vocals
Recorded by John Hamilton at EQ Studios, London,
February - September 2008 “This is a great example of bold new writing.”
Jon White, Buxton Festival
LADY SINGS THE BLUES
LADY SINGS THE BLUES
Big Bear Records/Castle Communications
1994
Val Wiseman & the Lady Sings the Blues
Orchestra
Val Wiseman - vocals; Digby Fairweather
- trumpet, cornet, flugelhorn;
Roy Williams - trombone; Al Gay - reeds;
Brian Lemon - piano; Jim Douglas -
guitar;
Len Skeat - double bass; Eddie Taylor -
drums
Recorded by Jim Simpson at Black Barn
Studio, UK 1990 “Lady Sings The Blues gets my vote as the British CD of
the year – Lady Day, herself, would have been proud of the
quality of this musical tribute.” Keith Howell, CD Review
SWINGING DOWN MEMORY LANE
SWINGING
DOWN MEMORY LANE Rose
Records 2003
John Petters Swing Band
featuring Val Wiseman & Nick
Dawson
John Petters - drums; Val
Wiseman - vocals; Nick Dawson -
vocals, piano;
James Evans - reeds; Keith
Donald - double bass
Recorded by Nick Dawson at St.
John’s Arts Centre, Old Harlow,
Essex, October 2003
S’WONDERFUL
S’WONDERFUL Rose Records 2005
John Petters & His Broadway Melodists
John Petters - drums; Val Wiseman -
vocals; Martin Litton - piano,
arrangements;
James Evans - reeds; Keith Donald -
double bass
Recorded by John Petters at New House
Farm, Lincs, October 2005
Albums from Val Wiseman
Presentations All Albums £12.00 Inclusive of Postage
Just for a Thrill
Val Wiseman & The
Brian Dee Trio
with Bruce Adams &
Jim Mullen
Everything I've Got Belongs To You
Keeping the Flame
Alive,
Val Wiseman & Brian
Dee with John
Hamilton-Keyboards/Guitar/Vocals
To The Heights
Sophisticated Lady
Val Wiseman with
Martin Litton's
Ellingtonians
